School Archives - Chronycles

BEYOND WHAT YOU SEE

What is it like studying in Nigeria while living with a disability or chronic illness?

I haven’t been stigmatised because I rarely tell or show that I’m sick.

I used to be a basketball player, but I stopped because I’m easily fatigued.

I had lived with partial blindness since childhood, but complete loss was a different story.

The distance between classes is far, and they require the use of a staircase.

I prefer to use hospitals off campus rather than the school clinic.

Even academics and reading, which used to be my solace, became a battlefield.

The university could do more to support visually impaired students like myself.

People ask me questions like “What happened to you again? What’s wrong with you again?”

Wherever you are, Balikis, I hope you’re happy. I wish you the very best in life.